Reports of Rare Birds

One of the most frequent questions to the Records Commitee is simply "How many records of XXX have been accepted?" The answer to that is easy to see in this report. Select a species to get started and then explore some of the other reports in the menu bar. Note that many regularly seen species may have only a few records for out-of-season sightings.

37 total accepted records; current status is Regular
Not accepted records are shown in red. The camera icon denotes photos and this icon provides further details on the record. links to published articles from Iowa Bird Life.

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs   
1989-35 Laughing Gull19 Aug - 8 Sep 1989Red Rock Res.Marion0
1989-36 Laughing Gull27 Aug 1989IPL PondsPottawattamie0
1989-37 Laughing Gull9 Sep 1989n. of BurlingtonDes Moines0
1990-12 Laughing Gull13 Apr 1990Saylorville Res.Polk0
1991-12 Laughing Gull17 Jul - 11 Aug 1991Red Rock Res.Marion0
1991-22 Laughing Gull15 Jul 1991Saylorville Res.Polk0
1991-31 Laughing Gull6-11 Aug 1991Red Rock Res.Marion0
1992-30 Laughing Gull21 Jul 1992Red Rock Res.Marion0
1993-24 Laughing Gull18 Sep 1993Saylorville Res.Polk0
1994-24 Laughing Gull8-9 Jul 1994KeokukLee0
1994-27 Laughing Gull19 Oct 1994Midwest Power PondPottawattamie0
1994-38 Laughing Gull6 Aug 1994Rathbun Res.Appanoose0
1995-17 Laughing Gull11 May 1995Saylorville Res.Polk0
1995-47 Laughing Gull13 Aug 1995Saylorville Res.Polk0
1995-48 Laughing Gull30 Sep 1995Pleasant ValleyScott0
1995-49 Laughing Gull19-20 Oct 1995Saylorville Res.Polk0
1995-64 Laughing Gull3-6 Sep 1995Runnells A.Marion0
1996-30 Laughing Gull10 May 1996Saylorville Res.Polk0
1996-56 Laughing Gull17 Aug 1996Runnells A.Marion0
1997-26 Laughing Gull16 Jun 1997Black Hawk LakeSac0
2001-07 Laughing Gull12 Mar 2001Red Rock DamMarion1
2003-22 Laughing Gull11 Oct 2003SaylorvillePolk1
2004-19 Laughing Gull5 May 2004Credit Island SloughScott1
2006-35 Laughing Gull25 Jul 2006below Red Rock DamMarion1
2006-39 Laughing Gull22 Aug 2006Saylorville Res.Polk2
2006-41 Laughing Gull8-24 Sep 2006Red Rock Res.Marion2
2007-47 Laughing Gull6 Oct 2007Red Rock Res.Marion2
2007-59 Laughing Gull18 Aug 2007Spirit LakeDickinson1
2008-23 Laughing Gull11 Jul 2008Saylorville Res.Polk4
2008-44 Laughing Gull18 Oct 2008Red Rock DamMarion1
2008-49 Laughing Gull14 Aug 2008Huron BottomsDes Moines1
2008-50 Laughing Gull11 October 2008Little River Res.Decatur1
2010-02 Laughing Gull4 Apr 2010Saylorville Res.Polk2
2010-22 Laughing Gull10-25 Sep 2010Red RockMarion3
2010-43 Laughing Gull6 Sep 2010Red RockMarion1
2010-46 Laughing Gull20 Aug 2010SaylorvillePolk1
2011-20 Laughing Gull19-20 May 2011Lake ManawaPottawattamie1
2011-28 Laughing Gull5 Aug 2011SaylorvillePolk1
2012-29 Laughing Gull25 Jun 2012Lake Red RockMarion2